Month: October 2011

Continue below to check out the menu system and disc art for the recent Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two DVD release from Warner Home Video. The single-disc DVD home video release, containing four episodes from the acclaimed animated series currently airing on Cartoon Network, officially hit shelves on October 25th, 2011. Click on the images below for a closer look.

The Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two features the following episodes from the new animated series from Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation – “Schooled,” “Infiltrator,” Denial,” “Downtime” – but lacks bonus features save for promotional trailers. Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two is the latest in a series of planned home video releases for the acclaimed comic book-inspired cartoon.

Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two, on sale for the suggested retail price of $14.97, is available at all retail and online retailers. The next Young Justice home video release is expected to hit shelves in early 2012.

New episodes of the acclaimed animated series Batman: The Brave and The Bold and Young Justice will continue airing on Cartoon Network for the month of November 2011. The network has also provided details for the special Green Lantern: The Animated Series special event airing on Friday, November 11th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET).

Directly from Cartoon Network, below is the official program description for the one-hour Green Lantern: The Animated Series event.

As Earths Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is used to being in dangerous situations but hes never faced anything like this! Set at the farthest reaches of deep space, Green Lantern: The Animated Series finds Hal on the Guardian Frontier, where he must face down an invasion by the Red Lantern Corps. Powered by pure rage, the evil Red Lanterns have sworn to destroy the Green Lantern Corps and everything they stand for. Dispatched on the experimental spacecraft The Interceptor, Hal is soon joined by an all-new group of heroes on a mission to protect Guardian Space and the Green Lantern Corps itself!

Continuing, Cartoon Network has slated two new episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold to air during the month of November 2011. The episodes below represent the last of the third season episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold, with “Mitefall!” effectively the series finale, though the episode “The Mask of Matches Malone!” still remains unaired on Cartoon Network.

Batman: The Brave and The BoldFriday, November 18th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) – “#63 Mitefall!”Bat-Mite thinks the series has jumped the shark, so he creates a fake family for Bats, but makes the show worse!

Additionally, the network has scheduled the episode “Night of the Batmen!” to air at 7:00pm (ET) on Friday, December 2nd, 2011. Batman: The Brave and The Bold will also be pre-empted on Friday, November 25th, 2011 due to holiday programming.

Cartoon Network has also released episode details for the November 2011 installments of the acclaimed Young Justice animated series. November 2011 episodes will continue to delve deeper into the character roster, including episodes focusing on the Sphere and Zatanna. The episode breakdowns are provided below.

Young JusticeFriday, November 4th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#16 Failsafe”During an alien invasion, the team faces the ultimate challenge when they are forced to replace the fallen Justice League!

Young JusticeFriday, November 11th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#17 Disordered”Conner Kents pet Sphere has undergone a startling transformation, bringing it to the attention of the forever people of New Genesis. Turns out Sphere originally belonged to them and they want it back!

Young JusticeFriday, November 18th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#18 Secrets”On Halloween, Artemis and Zatanna go to Manhattan for a night on the town, only to be hunted by Harm, a psycho-in-training, hiding a deadly secret

Young Justice will be pre-empted on Friday, November 25th, 2011 due to holiday programming. The series will again be pre-empted the following Friday – December 2nd, 2011 – for the debut of Ninjago on Cartoon Network.

Stay tuned for further schedule updates and coverage on Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series – including exclusive content and much more – right here soon at The World’s Finest.

Young Justice Series Producer Brandon Vietti sat down last month with The World’s Finest to share his thoughts on the series, including the show’s premise and what is in store for the young heroes. Please note this interview was conducted on September 26th, 2011. Click on the image below to be taken to the exclusive interview, only available here at The World’s Finest.

The next new episode of Young Justice, titled “Failsafe,” debuts November 4th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. Young Justice is pre-empted this week due to a special Cartoon Network presentation of the animated feature The Batman Versus Dracula. Click here for more details on the feature.

For more the Young Justice animated series, continue to the The World’s Finest Young Justice micro-site. Stay tuned for further updates and content, including more exclusive interviews, here soon at The World’s Finest.

The World’s Finest caught up with Batman: The Brave and The Bold Producer James Tucker to discuss the latest episode of the acclaimed animated series, “Crisis 22,300 Miles Above Earth!” The all-new episode debuts Friday, October 28th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. The episode airs after a special presentation of the The Batman Versus Dracula animated feature, airing from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on the same network. The episode features the Justice League International, the Justice Society of America, and the return of Ra’s Al Ghul. Continue below for the all-new exclusive Batman: The Brave and The Bold Q & A with Tucker.

The World’s Finest: First up the teaser. Batman is the victim of a comedy roast from his deadliest enemies. Can you expand upon your inspiration for this teaser, and the inclusion of comedian Jeffery Ross? Would you have liked to have done an entire episode dedicated to…roasting Batman?

James Tucker: I believe Michael Jelenic wanted to do the teaser that took place at a Roast. I liked the idea but my original concept was to make it more like the old Dean Martin Roasts that I watched as a kid. I really hadnt watched the current version of this thats waaaay more risque on cable TV. Anyway, Michael Goguen, the director of this episode, kind of fused the old and new roasts into what was in the episode. We ended up with Jeffery Ross as the host because, fortunately, he was friends with John DiMaggio! It worked out great, and Jeffery even brought some of his own jokes to pepper his routine with. Im not sure that anyone would want a whole episode dedicated to Batman getting roasted however. At least, I know I wouldnt.

WF: To the episode itself, it features the JLI and the JSA coming together…but not exactly seeing eye to eye. There seems to be a generation gap between the two group of heroes. An you expand upon this approach used, the inability for the two groups to properly get along?

JT: We wanted to do a JLI/JSA team-up from the first season but there never seemed to be a good place for it since we had to introduce both groups in separate episodes for a team up to make any sense. The idea of using the setting a party going wrong really appealed to us because we got to play up the idea that the JSA doesnt really like this new League made up of loose cannons. It also offered an opportunity to touch on the comparisons to the original Justice League that disbanded for reasons weve never touched on. It wasnt the typical JL/JSA story I envisioned in the earlier seasons but I think this ended up being a lot more fun overall.

WF: As a semi-follow-up to the first question, is it safe to say that some of this episode is influenced by the annual JSA/JLA crossovers that DC Comics used to publish?

JT: Yes, I wanted it to be reminiscent of those old Justice League comics where once a year, the Justice League and the Justice Society met and had a mixer and something always went wrong and theyd have to join forces to face some crisis. But in this case we thought that the crisis would be the mixer itself, not some actual universe threatening event. I always looked forward to those issues where the JLA and the JSA teamed up but the part that always interested me wasnt the actual adventure but the small talk that would take place at the beginning of the story when the guests arrive and the heroes would talk shop so thats a lot of what the episode was about and about the JSA not approving of this new version of the Justice League. We solved the problem of not having enough action in it by cross cutting to Batman on a life threatening adventure, but trying to get to the party in time.

WF: Is there any era specifically that you drew the most influence from for the JSA? Are there any JSA stories you wish you had the opportunity to touch upon for the series?

JT: The era Im most familiar with is of course the version I was introduced to as a kid reading comics. So, whatever the line up was during the bronze age of DC Comics is what I gravitate toward. Of course, because in our series, there is no Earth 2, we had to make compromises along the way as we were setting up both groups. But I liked the idea that, in our series, Batman and Superman werent the first superheroes, but the Justice Society existed before both of them. I liked the idea of the current heroes having been mentored by older heroes. There arent any actual JSA stories that spring to mind that Id like to adapt though. Its the concept of the JSA that seemed to attract me more than any of their actual adventures, though it would have been nice to have a story pitting them against more of their rogues like , Vandal Savage, Brain Wave, and the Injustice Society.

WF: This episode also brings back Ras Al Ghul to the series, and he gets a bit of a spotlight (including a surprising moment or two). Can you run us through the Batman: The Brave and The Bold interpretation of Ras al Ghul and how he may differ from other version weve seen in the past?

JT: There isnt really much difference between our shows version of Ras and any other version really. Same character, just made more of a mustache twirling villain in our show than in other interpretations. I liked the idea of pushing his connections as basically Batmans version of a James Bond villain. To me, he works best as the Fu Manchu/Dr. No/Goldfinger type villain he started out as. He doesnt really fit in with any of Batmans other villains. So we played up the Bond-like elements a lot in this episode from the ski chase at the beginning to the use of a John Barry-inspired score. I do wish we had at least one Lazarus Pit sequence in the series. Seeing Ras go insane with power is always fun!

WF: As per always, we bring this Q & A to a close with the standard capper why should fans check out this new episode on Friday?

JT: Fans can expect the return of both the JSA and Ras al Ghul, as well as the first ever appearance on the series of the Alan Scott Green Lantern. That should be enough to get anyone inspired to watch!

The all-new Batman: The Brave and The Bold episode “Crisis 22,300 Miles Above Earth!” debuts tonight, Friday, October 28th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. Continue to the Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite for further details on this series.

Batman: The Brave and The Bold airs on Cartoon Network every Friday at 7:00pm (ET), with the next new episode “Four-Star Spectacular!” airing November 4th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. Please note that Young Justice will be pre-empted this Friday, October 28th, 2011, due to the special airing of the animated feature The Batman Versus Dracula. Click here for more details on the feature.

Stay tuned for further Batman: The Brave and The Bold updates, including exclusive updates, here soon at The World’s Finest.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today released a new trailer for the acclaimed Batman: Arkham City video game. The trailer promotes the upcoming downloadable content featuring Nightwing. Batman: Arkham City is currently available on Xbox360 and Playstation3. Click on the thumbnail below to view the footage in the Quicktime format, along with additional press details for the release.

Featuring the intense melee skills of Nightwing, a.k.a Dick Grayson, the trailer showcases the characters punishing arsenal of fighting moves that can be used against Arkham Citys hardened thugs. Nightwing comes complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and is playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack: Wayne Manor and Main Hall. The pack also contains a bonus Animated Series Nightwing character skin.

The Nightwing Bundle Pack will be available November 1 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 560 Microsoft Points and PlayStationNetwork for $6.99. The Robin Bundle Pack will also become available on November 22 to all owners of the game for the same price.

Batman: Arkham City is out now for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and has already received universal praise from critics and fans alike. The PC version will be available beginning November 15.

Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles as Batman and Joker in Batman: Arkham City, the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, along with Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini again penning the story. Click here for more content from the Batman: Arkham City video game. To discuss the new video game below, please click on the links below.

The latest Young Justice DVD home video release is now available from Warner Home Video, collecting four more episodes from the hit Cartoon Network animated series. Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two is the latest in a series of planned home video releases for the acclaimed comic book-inspired cartoon. The featured episodes include “Schooled,” “Infiltrator,” “Denial,” and “Down Time.” Further artwork and details are below.

Below is the official description of the release provided by Warner Home Video.

Animated DC Universe cartoon series for a new generation starring Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis. Combined these six teenage heroes are Young Justice the Justice Leagues secret weapon against the forces of evil. Based out of The Cave, the teen heroes will take on under-the-radar missions that would be impossible for the League proper (with its incandescent star-power) to handle covertly. In addition, these kids are in constant training to take their place alongside the great heroes. Red Tornado will be their supervisor; Black Canary will be in charge of their training, and Batman will hand out their assignments. And of course, Young Justice will push their missions, often turning a simple assignment from Batman into something much larger, often discovering that what theyve been tasked to do is just the tip of the iceberg.

Young Justice – Season One, Volume Two, on sale for the suggested retail price of $14.97, is available at all retail and online outlet. A third single-disc volume release for Young Justice is slated to be released in early 2012.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today issued a new press release announcing the successful launch of the new video game Batman: Arkham City. The game is currently available on Xbox360 and Playstation3.

Becomes the Highest Reviewed Videogame of 2011 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 system

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that Batman: Arkham City, the critically acclaimed videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios, has shipped more than 4.6 million units worldwide since its October 18 North American launch on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation3 computer entertainment system.

The week one sales figure for Batman: Arkham City is more than double the number of units sold of Batman: Arkham Asylum in the same time period and solidifies the games place as a contender for one of the top-selling titles of 2011. Additionally, the game currently stands as the highest reviewed PS3 and Xbox 360 game of 2011 on Metacritic.com with average scores of 96 and 95 respectivly.*

Batman: Arkham City is one of the best action adventure games, proven by the tremendous reviews, and it further establishes the Batman brand as a marquee franchise for our growing business, said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Rocksteady Studios went above and beyond in delivering an incredible game and the support of the entire team at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment drove the excellent campaign a game like this deserves.

“The true test for any game is what the players think and we have been thrilled by their reaction to Batman: Arkham City, said Sefton Hill, Game Director at Rocksteady Studios. The team at Rocksteady put every ounce of effort into making the best Batman experience we possibly could, so we are overwhelmed by the incredible feedback from the community.

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players flying through the expansive Arkham City five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum the new maximum security home for all of Gotham Citys thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Featuring an incredible Rogues Gallery of Gotham Citys most dangerous criminals including Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze and many others, the game allows players to genuinely experience what it feels like to be The Dark Knight delivering justice on the streets of Gotham City.

Batman: Arkham City is based on DC Comics core Batman license and rated T for Teen by the ESRB. The game is currently available on Xbox 360 and PS3. The Games for Windows version will be available beginning Nov. 15, 2011. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamcity.com for more information about the game.

*Compiled by Metacritic.com, one of the webs best resources for critical information about film, video, games, books and television.

About DC EntertainmentDC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

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About Rocksteady Studios LtdRocksteady Studios is a multi-award winning videogame developer based in London, England. Located in a spacious, purpose built converted factory, with full motion capture and audio studio capabilities, Rocksteady is an energetic company formed by a core team of senior industry professionals. This creates an ideal balance of drive, talent, proven methods, experience and cutting edge technology to make AAA games. Now employing over 90 people, Rocksteady’s mission is to be a highly professional, efficient company whose purpose is to make great games, and have happy and healthy team members. This philosophy is the heart and soul of the company. Rocksteady received the coveted studio of the year award at the 2009 VGA awards.

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Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles as Batman and Joker in Batman: Arkham City, the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, along with Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini again penning the story. Click here for more content from the Batman: Arkham City video game. To discuss the new video game below, please click on the links below.